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she joining us in cairo via skype. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> so, ethar, give us your perspective of what's taking place in egypt now. we just heard from jim maceda that things are starting to quiet down. is that your sense? >> yeah, definitely. it's been an interesting four days and it's very much a flashback or sequel to 2006 when we had the cartokhartoun crisis. the biggest difference is when you look at the fact that prophet muhammad is very secular when it comes to it. you try to analyze what's been happening, and what we see is you have this large number of angry egyptians. they're unemployed. they're alienated. they feel radicalized. they have a lot of pent up resentment and a lot of misplaced public anger. the protests that started out, they were small. they got out of hand. our media here, i've been listening to your conversation, has done very much what it was done before january 20th revolution, which is trying to funnel public anger into a channel or to focus on an issue so they don'
she joining us in cairo via skype. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> so, ethar, give us your perspective of what's taking place in egypt now. we just heard from jim maceda that things are starting to quiet down. is that your sense? >> yeah, definitely. it's been an interesting four days and it's very much a flashback or sequel to 2006 when we had the cartokhartoun crisis. the biggest difference is when you look at the fact that prophet muhammad is very secular...
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which are continuing today in cairo. they may be temporary, they may be very, very limited, and they may never materialize at all what hamas has gained is first of all a certain diplomatic breakthrough. the amir of qatar went there before this happened. while it was going on, the prime minister of egypt went there the foreign minister of durky and foreign minister of tunisia went there. the prime minister of turkey may go. what hamas has been able to do is bring -- >> break out of its diplomatic cage a little bit. that's the benefit. the other thing is that this is a benefit to the people, the hamas factions in gaza who are fighting an internal power struggle with the external leadership that used to be based in damascus and is now disbursed all over the world. i think for different factions in hamas they've achieved things politically for themselves. the people of gaza may be in a sense of euphoria. there's going to be hangover when the dust settles when they bury the dead and count the costs, there ought to be as there
which are continuing today in cairo. they may be temporary, they may be very, very limited, and they may never materialize at all what hamas has gained is first of all a certain diplomatic breakthrough. the amir of qatar went there before this happened. while it was going on, the prime minister of egypt went there the foreign minister of durky and foreign minister of tunisia went there. the prime minister of turkey may go. what hamas has been able to do is bring -- >> break out of its...
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on september 11th a group of egyptians gathered outside the embassy in cairo. they scaled down the embassy walls and tore down the flag. that protest was in response to a 14 minute youtube film. hours later it was reported that the u.s. consulate in benghazi had also been attacked. on september 12th, the next day, the state department confirmed that chris stevens, u.s. ambassador to libya, and three others had been killed. president obama condemned the attacks. secretary of state hillary clinton addressed the attack in benghazi and the protests in cairo explicitly linking the two together both as reactions to the video. >> some have sought to justify this vicious behavior along with the protest that took place at our embassy in cairo yesterday as a response to inflammatory material posted on the internet, but let me be clear, there is no justification for this. none. >> on september 14th white house press secretary jay carney attributed all of the unrest throughout the region to the youtube video. >> the unrest we've seen around the region has been in reaction
on september 11th a group of egyptians gathered outside the embassy in cairo. they scaled down the embassy walls and tore down the flag. that protest was in response to a 14 minute youtube film. hours later it was reported that the u.s. consulate in benghazi had also been attacked. on september 12th, the next day, the state department confirmed that chris stevens, u.s. ambassador to libya, and three others had been killed. president obama condemned the attacks. secretary of state hillary...
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he go to cairo and make a beautiful speak about democracy and freedom. and when theyç protest, he support them. he said, you know what, mubarak, you've been a great ally, but step out of the way, because we want to change. romney, he will continue, but he will piss off everybody. the first time he talk about china, he said-a-chinese, the first thing i will do when i will be a president, i will label china as a currency manipulator. >> here's the question -- your thesis is that essentially the difference essentially is in rhetoric, they'll be equally muscular. >> obama do it with more charm. >> you've done a lot of reporting about the nature of republican consensus on foreign policy in the wake of neocon ascendency during george w. bush. it seems to me like they're still ascendant. that's still the main line in the republican party. >> in a very important sense, if you count this as n neoconservative, you might count this as a petraeus counterinsurgency. there's one view that in afghanistan you have to stay and be a huge presence and train you will the
he go to cairo and make a beautiful speak about democracy and freedom. and when theyç protest, he support them. he said, you know what, mubarak, you've been a great ally, but step out of the way, because we want to change. romney, he will continue, but he will piss off everybody. the first time he talk about china, he said-a-chinese, the first thing i will do when i will be a president, i will label china as a currency manipulator. >> here's the question -- your thesis is that...
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. >> that's president barack obama speaking in cairo the first year of his administration. calling for nonviolent resistance if will is going -- from the palestinians. and broadly in the arab world. not that this was the reason it happened but it -- what we have seen in this -- the arab spring is a remarkable amount of nonviolent resistance in all sorts of places, tunisia to egypt, very brave people in yemen and syria and libya. et cetera. we have -- dr. barghouthi. >> i want to first congratulate you on the work that you have been doing towards nonviolence in the west bank. i think that's really important for both sides. it saves lives of israelis and palestinians. but when you were speaking about what happened in gaza you referred to the palestinians who died there talking about a 12-year-old boy. but what you didn't talk about was the fact that what israel was aiming at and successfully did was eliminate the threat of an act of terrorist unit that had been behind killing eight civilians recently in a lot and had also claimed involve in tid capping a shali and planning an
. >> that's president barack obama speaking in cairo the first year of his administration. calling for nonviolent resistance if will is going -- from the palestinians. and broadly in the arab world. not that this was the reason it happened but it -- what we have seen in this -- the arab spring is a remarkable amount of nonviolent resistance in all sorts of places, tunisia to egypt, very brave people in yemen and syria and libya. et cetera. we have -- dr. barghouthi. >> i want to...
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in response of the shellings, syrians running cairo, kuwait city stormed their own embassies in protest. u.n. resolution calling for syria to pursue a peace plan laid out by the arab league received 13 votes in the security council and was blocked by vetoes from china and russia. you should know in virginia in the state senate janet how el launched her own protest against a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound f. a cardiac stress test before getting prescription for erectile dysfunction. the state senate rejected her amendment and passed the ultrasound bill similar to another one in texas now being challenged in court. you should know after facing a withering grassroots backlash over announcement to block planned parenthood, while planned parenthood will be eligible for future grants, there is no guarantee they will get them. you should also know planned parent hood says it rig as whopping $3 million just this week in response to the controversy. you should know there are a whole lot of people in this country who have planned parenthood's back. as your attention turns to today's s
in response of the shellings, syrians running cairo, kuwait city stormed their own embassies in protest. u.n. resolution calling for syria to pursue a peace plan laid out by the arab league received 13 votes in the security council and was blocked by vetoes from china and russia. you should know in virginia in the state senate janet how el launched her own protest against a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound f. a cardiac stress test before getting prescription for erectile dysfunction....
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promise and dawn obviously when obama, president obama was elected and gave the very famous speech in cairo about mapping out a new middle east. it seemed like that sort of went away a little bit. but in some ways, the arab spring has meant that there is a little less direction towards the u.s. just in general and more sort of self-contained. >> there's a -- they need to do something, to recruit its own reputation back. >> elise jordan. >> it's only been out in twitter. in egypt, the trial the first day of the american pro-democracy workers being tried by the egyptian government on trumped up charges. they have called it to a close, no decision, they'll resume on april 26th. they're dragging this out as long as they can. >> jeremy kay scahill. ann marie's followers asserted the right to protect. >>> a little u.n. joke. >> ha ha. the somali prime minister who could be called the prime minister of mogadishu this week offered the west oil concessions in return for help fighting al shabaab which recently declared allegiance to al qaeda. watch for an increase in the covert war there. i want to r
promise and dawn obviously when obama, president obama was elected and gave the very famous speech in cairo about mapping out a new middle east. it seemed like that sort of went away a little bit. but in some ways, the arab spring has meant that there is a little less direction towards the u.s. just in general and more sort of self-contained. >> there's a -- they need to do something, to recruit its own reputation back. >> elise jordan. >> it's only been out in twitter. in...
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there's an agreement to negotiate things about them, which are continuing today in cairo. they may be temporary. they may be very, very limited and they may never materialize at all. what hamas has gained is, first of all, a certain diplomatic breakthrough. while it was going on, the prime minister of egypt went there, the foreign minister of turkey went there. what hamas has been able to do is -- >> international recognition. >> yeah. break out of its diplomatic cage a bit. that's the benefit. the other thing, this is a benefit to the people, the hamas people in gaza, fighting an internal power with the external leadership that used to be in damascus and is now dispursed all over the place. they achieved things for themselves. the people of gaza maybe in a sense of euphoria, but there's a sense of hangover. there ought to be, as there was, after cass led in 2008 and 2009, a clear contrast with a better situation. today there isn't one. that's the tragedy. that means hamas might be able to spin this into a long term political benefit for themselves. >> the counter argument
there's an agreement to negotiate things about them, which are continuing today in cairo. they may be temporary. they may be very, very limited and they may never materialize at all. what hamas has gained is, first of all, a certain diplomatic breakthrough. while it was going on, the prime minister of egypt went there, the foreign minister of turkey went there. what hamas has been able to do is -- >> international recognition. >> yeah. break out of its diplomatic cage a bit. that's...
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of course the acts of violence and at least 14 people were kills during those weeks that i was in cairo. at the same time, you have a large population in the islamic world that is angry with the united states for the invasion of iraq, the war in afghanistan, the attacks and so many things. we are talking political anger manipulated and used. >> muhammad morsi, who is, i guess the president of egypt? that's the term, president of egypt? >> yes. >> elected in the elections since the fall of mubarak has been proposing blasphamy laws. basically, you can't do certain things, certain kinds of speech, you know that are derogatory to muhammad. what is your thought? >> i agree with the right to offend. when you look at pakistan or any other part of the country, it comes up a lot in pakistan. they use tools. i reject. that's why i was telling the woman in the video, i'm using speech. i want to discuss, what is protected speech. if you have the right to be racist, where does my right end to respond to a racism and bigotry. i want to silence minorities and people who don't agree with the government
of course the acts of violence and at least 14 people were kills during those weeks that i was in cairo. at the same time, you have a large population in the islamic world that is angry with the united states for the invasion of iraq, the war in afghanistan, the attacks and so many things. we are talking political anger manipulated and used. >> muhammad morsi, who is, i guess the president of egypt? that's the term, president of egypt? >> yes. >> elected in the elections since...